Pezeshkian hails Pakistan’s ‘heartening’ support during Israeli-US war against Iran

President Masoud Pezeshkian has appreciated Pakistan’s firm support for the Islamic Republic during the recent 12-day Israeli-American war on the country, saying it reflected the deep bond between the two nations.

Speaking at a joint press conference with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad on Sunday, Pezeshkian said the positions adopted by Pakistan’s government, parliament, political groups, scholars, and people were “very heartening.”

On June 13, Israel launched a war of aggression against Iran that killed at least 1,064 people in the country, including military commanders, nuclear scientists, and civilians.

The United States also entered the war by bombing three Iranian nuclear sites in a grave violation of international law.

In response, the Iranian Armed Forces conducted successful operations against both the Israeli regime and the US, and managed to impose a halt to the aggression on June 24.

Elsewhere in the presser, Pezeshkian said that regional security is “deeply interdependent,” and that peace, stability, and calm are essential to achieving economic and commercial development across the region.

“The principle of neighborliness and prioritizing relations with neighboring countries is central to Iran’s foreign policy,” he said. “And our view of Pakistan is not just as a neighbor, but as a brother.”